...The Home of the Future Technology has become an essential part of our daily lives. From computers and tablets to smartphones and other gadgets, technology has dramatically changed the way we live. And as modern technology progresses, expect it to have an even greater impact in the years to come. In the real estate forefront, even homes are being built using new innovations and state of the art facilities. With home construction breakthroughs, you now have more options available to make your home as convenient, efficient, and functional as possible. Depending on your lifestyle and budget, you can construct or purchase a home that is sleek and stylish, complete with remote control or even voice or motion activated doors and windows and fully equipped with space saving and energy efficient appliances and furnishings. Ultramodern Concepts Impressive modern design concepts with a futuristic vibe are the current must-haves for homes. Now, to aid you in your quest to get hold of a cutting edge living space, here are some key factors that you should carefully consider. Security Feature. From high definition CCTV cameras, electronic door locks, smart alarm systems to security shutters – you name it and the home of the future has it. Aside from convenience and efficiency, putting a premium on security and ensuring peace of mind is of utmost importance. While some of these home security features have been around for decades, the technology behind it has grown leaps...
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...GOOGLE GLASS- FUTURISTIC GADGET A SEMINAR REPORT ON “GOOGLE GLASS” A Seminar report submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements of IEEE format 2013. k.syndy k.kittu SUBMITTED TO: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY QUEST2K13 DEPT. OF CSE UNDER THE ESTEEMED GUIDENCE OF: Prof. T. vykunt DEPT. OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONTENTS * INTRODUCTION * DESCRIPTION * TECHNOLOGIES USED * APPLICATIONS * BENEFITS * COST * DISADVANTAGES * OVERVIEW * FUTURE SCOPE * CONCLUSION GOOGLE GLASS ABSTRACT: A sleek technology designed for the human face, Google Glass delivers a killer augmented reality experience that will undoubtedly have profound implications on how we interact with the world around us. Google Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality Head-Mounted Display (HMD). The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands-free displaying of information. Google Glass is as futuristic a gadget we’ve seen in recent times. A useful technology for all kinds of people including handicapped/disabled. It is a project glass. INTRODUCTION: Google is currently in the phase of testing their new augmented-reality head-mounted display, known as Google Glass. Essentially, its a pair of glasses, with a camera and single lens instead...
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...The Impact of Technology: Technology plays a key role in the functions of the society presented in this novel, specifically in terms of the aptitude test, and Erudite’s control over Dauntless. The advanced methods of neurological stimulation and manipulation are not uncommon characteristics in dystopian novels, and in Divergent this advancement has the biggest technological impact on the society and its characters. Aside from the serum that is used for the aptitude test, Erudite is able to use their extensive knowledge of the human brain and the advancing technology to create a new serum. This serum corrupts the mind of Dauntless and allows Erudite to control them, resulting in the corruption and dismantling of their society. Without...
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...Technology’s Influence on Trust Technology is changing the face of the world every second. Scientists and engineers all over the world are striving to create simple solutions to some of the largest problems around the globe. Although technology greatly aids humanity it also presents humanity with new hardships that often come with learning how to navigate the new advancements. Technology creates a barrier in between true and false in today’s society. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, he explores the effect of modern day technology on trust levels in friendships, relationships, and between citizens and their government. The most prevalent issue that occurs is the lost of trust in the youth of America. In the futuristic state of Oceana, Winston...
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...When I immigrated to America from a third world country, I was fascinated by the technology that was offered. Even though I was only three, I understood that this nation was far ahead of others. This fascinated me and inspired me to case a path that would lead me to help develop and invent technology that would be revolutionary. I began to fathom the concept of being innovative, to me it means being a leader, not a follower. It means to benefit others by creating concepts which have never been seen before. But when I hear innovative, the first thing that appears in my mind is an Apple device. Apple has been revolutionary and provided society with technology which changed our lifestyles. From the iPhone to the MacBook, we’ve been given futuristic technology which has played a crucial role in my life plans. To accomplish my goals for my future career, I must acquire as much knowledge as possible. One way to do that is to learn how to use the software developed by the most innovative company to exist in the industry. With the knowledge that I will acquire from this class, I can apply myself to accomplishing my future goals and eventually helping others. I choose the career that I want to pursue based on my love for math, science, and technology along with a hunger to be useful and helpful to others. But there are many others who have the same goals as I do, so why would I be selected to attend this class instead of them? Well, I believe that I have a different motivation than...
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...Analytical Paragraph The novel, “Technophobia”, written by Daniel Dinello, reveals scientific visions of post-human technologies that will be introduced in the near future. Such machinery will dominate the lives of all humans, affecting the way they behave and the way they see the world. Scientists are striving for an advance in emerging fields of technology in order to change the future of humankind. Human bodies will soon be perfected through genetic manipulation with the purpose of creating a human machine. A time will come about when “our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules”. Such beliefs enforces the realization of a new reality for all people. The author uses imagery, by allowing readers to visualize the disastrous future of technological domination. Dinello answered the most important question of his time: Is technology really out of control? “I, Robot” is a futuristic film that portrays a method for providing quality robots in human society. The 3 Laws of Robots demonstrates a cybernated guarantee that obedience would be programmed into robot technology. A general vision of technological safety continued to linger until today. Even with benevolence programmed into their systems, there are many unforeseen consequences; that such mutated monsters can be transformed from a undeniable benefit to a tyrannical piece of machinery. Technology proves itself to be a factor of a dystopian society, for computers are now threatening to surpass humans in intelligence...
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...Technology, while integral to our modern, everyday lives, has not always been where it is. Technology in prehistoric times was nothing more than simple torches or sharpened rock bound to sticks, and a future with encyclopaedias that fit in our pocket or the ability to travel the world in a matter of days was inconceivable, and the visionaries who dreamed of these things were simply written off as mad in such times. While the unified ‘We’ featured in Anthem is hardly as primeval, they are still far from even our present and even farther from other fictional futures, as their ‘perfect and equal’ system has slowed any progress to a dreadful crawl. The design of this society inherently hinders technological progression, and is decades behind the present in terms of technological ability and eons behind the capabilities of other imaginary dystopian worlds. Any sort of advance for humanity, beneficial or otherwise, is strictly forbidden as long as it is the effort of a lone man. An invention, the creation of which must be overseen by many for it not to be considered a cardinal sin, must go through an egregiously sluggish process in which every ranking leader in the world must approve of the invention. After...
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...now massively altered because of the dependency of technology in our lives. This idea is seen in literature through Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451 and in today's society, through, “How Technology Affects Human Relationships” by Bryan Kramer. Fahrenheit 451 is based on a futuristic society where everyone is engulfed in their televisions and other technologies. That being so, the relationships people have with each other are just enough to say hi when they see each other in passing- if they notice the other person that is. Constantly being connected to an electronic is common in our society and the Fahrenheit 451 society; “And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic...
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...As B. F. Skinner once said, “The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do”. In the story, The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Mr. Leonard Mead, lives in a futuristic world where technology has completely taken over human life. The problem that B. F. Skinner talked about has come true in its entirety; people fully rely on the machines that think for them, rather than thinking for themselves. This further proves that technology negatively affects society and its inhabitants. When technology is mistreated, the community and the people in it become destroyed. In the long run, a society that is overrun by technology becomes antisocial and disapproves of individuality. As seen in the story, technology takes...
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...Technology and Social Change TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE Introduction Social change is any change that occurs in nature, social institutions, behavior and relations of people (Mutekwe, 2012). Social change is also change in the organization of the society and particularly in the practices and beliefs of people. All societies go through change, whether significant or subtle. For example, public opinion on abortion, smoking, divorce and homosexuality have changed in the last fifty years. Macro scale changes affect primary social institutions like family, politics and religion. Micro-scale changes, on the other hand, shape people’s attitudes, values, and beliefs. Sources of change include the media, environmental pressures, dramatic events and technological innovations. Technology, on the other hand, is an object, a method, or an invention that alters the social environment of people and extends their natural abilities (Rosa, Yee, Sweeney, & Dator, 2013). Technology and social change are inseparable. As mentioned above, technology is one of the major factors that create changes in the society. Technology improves on some aspects of human qualities. Hence, a significant tool for social change. For example, the wheel enables human beings to go to places where their feet would never reach. Positive impact of technology on society Technology has resulted in many positive impacts on the society. Computers, for example, have brought enormous changes in medicine, the workplace...
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...We live in a world thriving with technology that boggles the mind, from personal management systems that help organize our lives, thermostats that know our work schedule to control the heat for when were home or not, to cars that can auto park themselves. So how is it with all this technology that we still wait four to six business days to receive our online packages of small, every day essentials? This is were drones are starting to be turned from a aviators recreational hobby to a tool used by corporations to tailor to customers everyday needs at the click of a button. But despite the commercial boost these drones could deliver, there is now an every growing hurdle of safety, liability, and security these corporations need to pass in order...
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...Technology in contemporary society brings about many benefits to improving our living conditions; however, rapid advances without proper regulation tend to cause negative consequences. For example, with the introduction of the fully automated electric car, Tesla attempts to improve the safety condition for drivers, but instead, it caused accidents such as the “fatal crash in Florida in May 2016… kill[ing] 40-year-old Ohio resident Joshua Brown” (Fleming). Furthermore, increasing reports of robot malfunctions injuring workers have appeared such as the incident of the factory robot that “malfunctioned, hitting and crushing Holbrook's head, killing her" (Baldas). With just the recent rise in the integration of robots into human lives, flaws in...
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...MSc International Business and Management 2011/2012 Module: Global technology and operations management - Assignment 1 Introducing Global Technologies The role of World Exhibitions Student: Milica Andjelkovic 4003/2011 Mentor: Prof. dr Maja Levi Jaksic I Introduction • • Technological development and globalization Strategic technology management II Historical Role of World Exhibitions in the introduction of new technologies • • World Exhibitions as the first steps of Globalization in the 19th century Shaping the Modern Image of World Exhibitions in the 20th century III Case study Aichi 2005- Shanghai 2010 • • • Search for sustainable development Technologies development in the 21st Century Expo 2005 Aichi Japan – “Nature’s wealth” Expo 2010 Shanghai China – “Better city better life” IV Conclusion • An overview of the technological rather than commercial meaning of World Exhibitions and future trends V Literature 2 Technological development and Globalization Technological innovation is, without doubt, the major force for change in modern Society - a force of knowledge (Betz, 2011). Technology and organization development have always been focusing on finding relevant connections between social, historical and technological achievements within one specific period of time, therefore specific technological findings have marked and even named entire periods in human evolution: from the stone age, through iron age and all the way till industrial revolution...
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...WEEK 1 1. New Communication Technologies - Posted: 27 FEB 2012 The phrase “New communication technologies” is a recently invented, developed scientific knowledge applied in our everyday life. They offer fresh and a new ways of communication, something different what was used by previous generations or perhaps just a few years earlier. These new communication technologies certainly influence and change the way we live and manage our communication, social and business activities. One of these new communication technologies is the so-called “smart-phones”, which are the combination of cellular phones and computer based technology. “The growing capabilities of handheld devices and transmission protocols have enabled a growing number of inventive and fanciful applications—for instance, augmented reality” (Hosch Encyclopaedia Britannica2012) They incorporate a whole list of features, example touchscreen (which is almost a standard application these days) internet browser, high resolution camera, capable to take High Definition Videos apart from HD still shots, navigator, Mp3 music player, document viewer, Bluetooth, USB, alarm clock, calculator, calendar. It brilliantly works with Wi-Fi and after all, it is also capable to make phone calls too. Reference: smartphone 2012. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 25 February 2012, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1498102/smartphone ...
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...Philosophy and Design Pieter E. Vermaas • Peter Kroes Andrew Light • Steven A. Moore Philosophy and Design From Engineering to Architecture Pieter E. Vermaas Delft University of Technology Delft the Netherlands Andrew Light University of Washington Seattle USA Peter Kroes Delft University of Technology Delft the Netherlands Steven A. Moore University of Texas Austin USA ISBN 978-1-4020-6590-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4020-6591-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937486 © 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com Contents List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design in Engineering and Architecture: Towards an Integrated Philosophical Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Kroes, Andrew Light, Steven A. Moore, and Pieter E. Vermaas Part I Engineering Design ix 1 Design, Use, and the Physical and Intentional Aspects of Technical Artifacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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